THE AMAZON - BRASIL

Brasil Mission Trip DatesTBD

Manaus - Manicoré- Democracia

In December of 2015, our founder, Brett Gorney, took a trip to Brasil with EBCF to check things out in the Amazon in the north of Brazil. We flew into Manaus and then ventured down to the city of Manicoré which sits about 300 miles south on the Rio Madeira. Then about a 30 minute boat ride further down the river sits Democracia - a community composed of about 15 smaller communities. EBCF owns 50,000 of Amazon Rainforest Reserves and Democracia sits in this area. As part of their Reserve Management Plan, they are working alongside and empowering the leadership and of Democracia to move towards more sustainable living for the 350 families and more than 1,750 individuals that live in these communities. (Click here to learn more about EBCF.)

So we've decided to begin exploring our partnership with them by setting up a few mission trips to start meeting with the local leaders and develop the plans to meet their socioeconomic growth plans. They've shared three immediate needs projects that we hope to work alongside of them to develop and deliver. One is a Medical Kit Distribution and Training Project, another is a Bio-Sand Water Filter Distribution Project. The third is identifying families with special needs individuals and then determining how we can best make life go a little smoother when faced with the challenges of caring for the physically and mentally disabled.

If you are interested in being considered for one of our upcoming mission trips to Brasil, please fill out our Connect Form or call Brett Gorney @ 770.309.0609.